Mickey Harte says he’s hoping the great sleeping giant of Ulster football doesn’t reawaken this weekend.

There is a strong chance, according to the bookies at least, that Slaughtneil will leave Croke Park tomorrow as an AIB All-Ireland final runner-up for the second time in three seasons.

Tyrone 1-14 Limerick 0-8: Tyrone may well travel far through the Qualifiers, but they have a longer road to negotiate before they can be considered the force they were in the glorious noughties.

It was a rivalry that defined a generation of Ulster football in more ways than one.